LEVI L, TATE, EDITOll. VOL. 18. NO, 51. ''lite l.vMzh CJaltic Fowler i S warranted to; lo the most notver- lul acent fur tlto tom. nrh mill lilnuil of Cutlln, ' Btt lue, or IMiepp, In pro- I liuthii! dlituslioii, cleans- 1 ins lliu systemntid trait ry su-r.ui.-inn purilloii nn Vf, imal llillil In tlu.h, fat, ! J milk, butter and ,trcni!th Ul Iilld etillli.illti' Itrwilth I and vljjiir. J nuvovf iiorhk & 1 Mri.ui'ou'ni.u i tiioi only inc'lliiiics l'(ratly iat, nteu in i rain, o, I'll;:' ; ami. SulUeriniiil ami , 1 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 . nnl duly ail- . mitted bf tlictr Ourls, honored with prUn tiicil Jo. nn, I iiivi'mikiI i.e Mr ti,,,-r.v. Professor of the I II i - uerinl Utillc"'! fur Agriculture at lnrl. ami imw man rtr.irlurfil hy (Mi. IIUlN'ni, II r "f ' au,, A" Mleu town. I.ehlsli Cn'inty, IN unylvaiila. All dleaes of llif Htniiiiiifi, lllnoil, I.iinai ami Now o, speedily and certainly mrcd. Htiilthy Muck will lie. liruiit'lit Intn tin' very blithest statu of pcrlcctlnn, ft tul nnn , I '.-. I I.I .......m, In I .. .ii-rk. I liferent ValllO tn liunl wnrklnu horses, lirecdltij tm k ami iult, ami ' saved thousands ol talualilu horses ir"ui cuum-siuus diseases, a-i well at tin' mirn-vnrd.u.ln On' army. Tin: i.r.hir.n wuitVt cosi'ixTiuNh ein rliiallv uti'iioine all tin' uhsl.icles whlih usually fcrevent tin- e.m-l Llnr lit worm., nri! tilcnsatlt to take, ami alu unn ul' 'he uin-a ucn-ralde puri!ative-i lor , million, t-n i nirnlen' i- t lie Inventor in inc success ul hi laliiirimi' lii'lli: in tin- allilyieiil i (impost tlun nfllils pri iiiiil'o.i,tliat lie furnishes in cry iad tinted iliy.li 1 in, with a written i.rus-cri ptli ' 11 """' t;i In niaierln nieilii-a. . , tiil; i:,in iiiMi ii. hat. v.in: and ant i:.v TI.II-NTll. I'll tiiwdcr lui tliu nire inlerniliiatiiui of all Vi rtnlin, will ueior rliune h ith ut'i' ,iiul tllmate, and much preferable IkiIiu ) l I'h i i li i.nui . Taste, wlnih hard i'ii in a Kluirt,tinie, inahliij li twi:thtcs. I'or direr lima 1111,1 Mirlii ui'irx nee the small lillU illtlie boxes. Xs line liiiiiilreil ami Ihlrly-setcii pnmlnins have l.c'i'ii iih anleil In ttiei; i elelrrateil preparations. " Drtllhi-r fl. 1 Mi t. liny M. .V. lluvia. .ire the v,liu!eale. As.ml l I'liiTa. T'lral, liy nil i,'-,,'i'.-ilile Unr: ;ui,l guniiir) ftorti Niivenili r I.i, If ill 1,'ni. i,o vyuh& yum wiuu C A I'AW'IJA BltANDV, AM) r.'iual In (Jua'lty ami draper in 1'iiro tl'H the llran- .ties, Hill Willi K "I tile Olil Wjrlil Fur PirKirner t'uinplaint. (Jlmlera lnffantmn, lluuel Uuuii.iinl ('rump, I'ulir, and lli.tr teio I.i, A Kiirel'me li jjiiaranti '.I. urlie !,,,,,, ey rifiin.lcl, In u;lp"rl ul' the alrL' rt.itetneiitg are preieuted Win I't'riill' at' h i.l'I'r. Jut. II. Chilioii, i'li"nii"t Xinv Turk; I r. Ilii-itn l'u, Cli-iunal iliiiiei.tur, tilnu; lir. Jane'-I! .Ni.hul, l.'he'.nM lliwtun; Dui-tur X. L'. Juni .. (.'Iieaiiral luipertur, Cirelevill", Oliin; Prut'. C. T. Jai.Uinn, i'Ik mint, ll'i-tuu ; l)r.Clii.i. (jphani tWtep. itrd. I'll irti'-ilnu. t; ; ami .1. V. .. nl.inej , ami II. A, .Mariner,! ua iiliini.' I'lieiniiitd, rinra::ii, all ul' wiiuni have an. ilv.'-d the (.'.a.ilia llr-iu,iy, ami cuiniai-ud it in t!m hr.'li, it t.Miu.., 1'ur imaliiiiia! hh". AmdijMS 'l the lVussadiutfHs Mute As vi'f'. .i(?. i!.". liiilS. When evapural :d ttiruitli I'le'iii lin 'ii it left no nil it nIT'n.it e in ill r. In evry r."-(i cl it s a pur'' pir n i in. Ii'piur. 'I'll,' 'hi lin li 1'ive-tn tlili Itr.ie '.y its tl ivur .rid aniiti.i, in li'dly tlnlike fm-il, or L'lain nil. Ju odor f.irul.e- iifli'Mh Hie trnit ami nil nf fr ipes. V'ito iilN. it pruilin e-i ethers nf a lu;li fragrance, . The Mililiiiiti"ii ul tl i. niamly lor Cniiiiac llraud) ' ill do n .it " iili Hi,' i:i.itiiil''iiiiire nf fatillo'ii .pints wtd unil . tliM ti.t if hoih ul .loiiie ami aliru id, lt-i iltii:ly. A. . II.U i:.-5. .M.n. A-ljer In State MlliO. Hi lloyet"ll t. ! flic snitr, iii 1 SC.'l. I have amilvv.ed "I. LVllN'ri1 IH-'Hll (JATAWllA ri"iV" ttith reT ret In its i iiiiipn-illinn and i ii.ii-.ii t -r. Ii.-ih.' the -111111' ai Hi it pi'odiii-i'd in p:i--l 'iiri". A ..iiiiile laki ii Irmn ten ia k aH',.rili"l the i-.iii f tr.uli- t ith ri'L' ird to iuriiy : a slmhtly mere u- it nionaiit '."lh" irlm.iii' mi hi' Ii ll.nordi pendt tt.n d -lern hi d hv i iniip.ifi-on vtuli lorioer aitinjiles Tin- null. .ili .ii-Tut' aa.ily-i-i lnnv lli.il thl llramly I' print '"'d In III.' Willi ' proems J- mo. t ef 111.' i III piirti'd lli.uidt. 11' I lolly. A. A . IIAYIIH, f't.ile Ss-.ivr. Hi ll'ijleslun St. Maiiol'.n lured only hy II. II .1 AI'IM .t I (J. iTn horn a" "rd'T-i should h" addri'.i.-ed.) II, put. HI l.ilieriy St., N'titv hi It. Koveinl.er 1, l-iil. :im. " 'Ladies famcy rmif AT M C?a : .A John faruika.s ' 01. 1) I HTMU.IH FUR M ANU FACTORY, No 7 1 ft Atoll St , aliove 7lh J II I I. A 1) E I. P II I A. I nave now in slure'nf inyowii Im- -....T.7. ti mni'.iitiirc. one ul' tho 1 AlKil'.ST .in I uoki m:ALiiu:i.-'i'''""""r Fanny JPavn, . ......i ...in niii:'rf WI.AI! in then':' iherel'iru suluii i call (rum my iruiims .'. i -ToirfflA, 'IS ARCH Street, above 7tli.,f"itb ude, lMIUjAlii'ii.rtii-i- tjV- I hate im IMrmer. nur Lonue.tiou with any ut-er Ature in I'hiladelplua! Sep. 10, iPlil.- lm. t K.Muaii. J, I'. IV III. New L?RUG S T O R L, WHOLESALE ANU RETAIL rpnr. '.-rlr:'!:!::::.lS,r!;::;lr,:- pilldu s. "' " ',.. , lullie nxehanee imirtv in , inn, " lu, I.!, n,'. oil Minn .'ft et i llii,iimliu..i', whero he has jii.treicit ia it I"" -"'I'I' '" . ... Sii UlVlilV-U .n"'-j J n-i.1,.1. v. ill lie mid on iiiuderiite leriii- i"r ' i"j ry; Also, NU l'l" i ft in rally, ul' f evir) tariiiy. sort aud . "'''iir.iiia'"-' priscrlptlims rm-fuUy cmoumle ill till times ami un t-hori n.nin-. R-f- Coiifiitiiuieiy "31 uio iii-.t M"-- - " WlP" Afnarw'iV the i.ut.iic cr-.tum is respectfully idled I'.vni c Movi.it. --- - Wnomsliiirs. April 11. Q'fWJJS !Kdi-V 3tS 1.W li 1 ? i-X 4 !iia'" fVia-iJ iysj.i."i"-" -"aJ,aw nnW oni-v . - - 1u'lly giv no - nit Im Milium, un rH-1TT,,. ouiicnriber respec S .". .. .he iiubl..' -lu't h" h'.S.at l.V Main eHrejt. lllooiu.liuis ... .,, . ilv on li.i.I. h Kbbll U 1 O - "r,".,, x- -v..-.- ett! in si Hither in llmS .1. w w n, .y tbo . 1iii.ii.';""" 'I lllStillltl, ... I.u Km fflAlZlauinii-amn nioonisburg.NoV'--"' mu . All TMTnWMP The" Berwick I House, IllUindcriiisncil o J 'Sic generally, thai- 4nWSSgfer " ''I'Firsi-Ciass Hotel: ipiwa, Travellera. ilna r . .' L.,(Kfllt ,! nc Iccuninimlated teener ; stabliu tuiiiiiinduUiis ','"uif,V..,i..,,:iv.J Hi Ihn .ecliou. Uomuil compel' ondexun -an J , 'gujyj.yj', .May '.'. t-ui BLOOMS elect podrn. Our Country. Our country Meed, tfrn and taltcrcil, Ntr wtdinv. morn, lior orphans cry ; I'ar from llieir liumes her fuiia nro icaltcred, To light, to sulIVnuidio die. Ilniv many a broach Iioartcd tnoilicr Now mourns llio losses of her b-iii, How many a carownrn. shipwrecked brother Was slain since first lira war begun. Would thittlili cruel war was over, Oft, oft, tho fait yo'ing nialdon sijlis, Wlio wecpi for soma rte voted lover, Nut huoHiii,; wheru hoilwclls orilles. Heboid the aged grey-haired slros, Madi'.'ad and homeless day by diy , Through T.-tiiu'-i.riigp and ilaiiioorflrc, BUM kindled In tliu varrior's way. True freemen from their homes are driven, And ll 'e fr sh liter to strange lands. While human Mood Mill rrics to Heaven, l'or tenge.inco hero from ttruiul tu strand. Sao lii.lda laid t a to and cities plundered The DP. of (lod trampled under fool, TnMiiion made and Monica n luanjercil, And hills and v..l ies maineil witli blood, A million men still more Abo's calling Thenar jm es on, the dcht still srmvs, Tho iiiiiiioiis roar, titi! I'.ylns laUin-j And lirolger's blood moru freely tavi, All, nil bcenusc thercis disunion, All, Id I In i ansa man nann nopcnri:, All, all !e umisi! Ibis unco treat Ui.iau lias got a war tuii vile to cease. Who, who may pen Iluiilosolalkm Ul evory city, tunn mil plain Tho horrer, woe and ili-v.ist,iiimi Where thoiuands, tlunian,s linvi heeii slain Shall line man have tho will and power Tlili. to destroy or In diilato nr. why nisi this broad land nfuiirs Now yield lo suih .1 dismal fate. lire.' Hod, ,1o Tiiou look ilown in pity Tu Time we pray, ami Thea adore, fiivu every haiiikt, town and nty, Tli. it peam enjnyed hi days u! n re, 'I linn kmnv'st mi waiitt, our woes, our sumwr. Thou l.now'st a Na'.iun't wounds tu heal; Tu Thee we. pray each coming Inorrot Tor pe.m: .iceordiii'r to Thy will, ' a ri.ow-iiov. J inu.iry SJI, a.',. ucfcsnna yfceun. Tlia YJllQUG PICTUiiB. The full MUi.sbinc came pnuiing through the g!ii' windows of tho fin-ut photo graphic hiiloou, wire Virginia Inline bad become vory tired of waiting "just uno minute" fur her turn to lieu tbo ciiiiera. Tf (lin I, ,.11 .1 li.nl Iw. nil n ,-is.n,r rr.'.Tltlu. , ,, i, i i- . i man, it t I'libnbly woiilun t have olieetcd much to the pmces-i, a- Virijiuia was not at all disa 11 r!w:iirrpi'!,lilp In li'iul; nr mi l.lio onn- trary, . she was very, yery pretty, with a clear ol'.v-j eonipifxinii, ucopi'iiiug to car !i!ir .!,l;v.' ooiniilL'.viiill. ileoni'iiiiiif In e:ir. - i j 1 n mine on her round nh(.-(k',aml large, blue- grey eye.'-, ju-t the co'or of violets, L!osi omeil in the shado. Jet black hair, plainly biu-ihud Irmn her fori'l.oad and coiiliuod in on knot at tho b.iol: of tier nenk,,'iinl a litu.'l rid mouth, very .-auey aud somewhat haughty, also in it- cuntM. 'Are you nearly ready lo take my like-lie;--, sir V .'lie asked, iMllier impjiieiitly, a- the operator ciiterul tbo rouin on some . Wo ba!l he, To tell you the MIUU, I uopi-, uut..t.i liu'lijWi) ilidu t aulicipiio i-o much trouble Irutn our pieti'lii Mi-'j i t a baby, ma'am, wlni will nut .-it Mill " 'A baby oli, ihen 1 haven't uuoilisr ' ttord to say," Kiid Virginia, simrnlully elevating lior piftty shoulders assbe turned toward her companions. "I do detest ba bie!' "Why, Virginia !" csolaimed Mrs. Wal ter, her in itrou aUtor, with geuuiuu hor ror. "Can't help it t m-ver could endure a baby that'.-, ouu of my aitlcles of laitb ! ' I "And how many anioles of faith have ' you!" laughingly inquired another com- nanion, SeV0r.ll. wuu ia it uuoitjr u,..-wu (Q wij(,wcrJtliat class of dyed-over hu .- I ijalti3 wi,0 aro always alluding to Airs. ' Smith Number One I If I becamo that ladv'sfiiccessor. I should be perpetually I'esrful I was standing in tho way of Mrs. Kniiti. Number thrro ! Aud thou the idea - of washing tho faces and combing tho hair 1 of half a dosou unruly step-children. No , i,,i l.,g fnr mo. thauk VOU '." , I'CCauii u .i.t. t, v Rut if Virgiu'm could ouly havo had a ' neen into tbo operating-room, where that 14 . ..i i t 1 i ii.. , , . . i, :! ribbons at its ' , shoulders and a string of red coral round its plump neck, was totting photography at dulianco.shp would probably have kiss cd its pertained breath ucarly away with truo feminiuo inoonsiateuoy ! "Uarry, do sit etill !" pleaded tho nurso iu despair, while tho operator dodged hopelessly to and fro, trying lo "catch a fecus," and two or throo young lady aunts jingled their watch chains and held up their bracelets in vajn endeavor to attract tbo littlo ono'a oye. Rut if tho quintcssenco of obetinancy can bo imagined to fix its throne iu a year old baby, that baby was "TO HOLD AND TRIM THE TO 110 II BURG, COLUMBIA All of a Buddcu a brighUwirjgcd canary in a cago oppisilo began to sing piercingly. Tbo acarlot lips oponod into a wandering Binilo tho large hazel eyos that had roved from plaoo to plaeo liko chain lightning, wcro fixed I'or a moment. Tho operator jorkod tho drapery away from his instru ment with the ngility of magic tho sun rays swept their peneila over tho gleaming plato, and "0, let mo euc it l" shrieked aunts and nurso in a coufuacd trehlu chorus, crowd ing round tho! photographer, as, after a short absenca-he entered tho room bearing tbo plate. ''Only let mo got ono peep at it !" 'How delighted Raymond will bo l" whispered ono of tho young aunts to bof j sister, as sbo caught tho baby in her arms, crushing her shining brown curls against his silky little bead. "Whore shall Isend tlie-caidfljUiaam V ii"ked the operator. "To Captain Jlay Raymond May, Philadelphia. Jui.1 the address pleaso- j no other word. Wo intend it for a birth- I day surprise to my brother.'' "Very well, ma'am. Theodore ! as soon as the ladies bad diesnpearcd, "just , write down that addros-i,atul toll tbo young j lady below that wo arc ready for her," j Virginia I.yune must havo bceu hard j indeed toiiler.se, bad alio boon dissatisfied with tbo face reflected in tho mirror, as she ( took a last glauco before leaving the saloon j down stairs. A proud.stHoly young beau- ty and a heart as free as the wildest fan n ' upon tbo eastern hills. " When can I liavc tho picture?" sbn , ssked. I "lu about five daya, ma'am." I ''Norooner. I leave town to-inorrow !''j j "Wo can send it to yoii by mail wher ever you are, ma'am.'' She hurriedly wrcto upon n card, ' Miss Lynno, Philadelphia," and pushed it to ward the man. .i-i-i.: n.i,u,.cnini(. Snn,1 it1 ... , . 1 M aUU" I'""--'""' ' I Captain May's sitting room iu the groat , . , i:.,,' i' i,.:i..t..i..i,: i l c,,.n lifOn , Ion 1 llliauuikiuut ni-'i'i iiu.1 - nil,.'; tiu-.s. s.w.. i -i f...:.t , .,,t ..- us man need wi-b for,wilh its carved mar- ,, , - ,.'.. 1 ,i ble maniel, brigbt-p-Utoriieil carpet, and, , r I. : i,ni, on,i usurious sofas and lounging chair s and Captain May himself, as ho . 1 , , looked qmil- ing up from tho perusal of a heap of pa-; ,--..-,.- tin, nl-.,,.nii i-if h nrmnnnifin r' I o ft,;. .nn..i,n n inm snmi) .in- I J n i.irii,, 1 tr WlU l .11 0 ! IL'V 1 ' m "Well, May upon my word, if you'ro " . : J not un to vour car.-i in tho-io old uavapja t. cans og.in u - B , ... t . , . i. , i. a lazy-man acne to sec jou wo k : : "It's time lo work, said May, good-1 ' - ' . humoredly. "1 expect sailing orders in about a fortnight and glad I shall bo when they coniii." "G'iidJ" (jiculatcd Chaile-i Monroo, throwing himself into a chair, aud biting, tbo cud of one of bis friend's quill pens. "May, you're a paifoct problem to mo as unoa-y on dry laud as a fish. I cau't undjritaii'l it hanged if I can.!" "Perhaps you could," said May ,camly, -j yon uud no Homo ties-uotu.ug 10 loos ... . ,t . IT. forward t,.-i,otl.ii.g to make life pleas- antcr in one spot than auothur.binoo Miu- nio died" He slot. nod abrubtly Monroo leaned over with frank sympathy, to grasp his i fiiend's baud. 'Pardon mo. Raymond 1 I'm a stupid, blundering fellow, I know,but I don't mean to hurt you by my caieloss words. Still, there i3 your child left you." ".Dear little Harry,' said May, half smiling, "but a year old baby isn't much company for a man of thirty, you must admit. Besides, he is far better off undor tho loving oaro of my sister than ho could bo with inc." "True," said Monroo, twUting tho quill round his fingers. Who's that knocking ? Letters, oh ? Don't mind mo, open your correspondence !'' May compliod, tearing open tbo envo lopes and glaucing carelessly over their enclosures until ho camo to tho last ono j as his oyo foil on it ho uttered an oxolama tion ofastouishment. "What a boauly !' ejaculated Monroe, who, with tho privileged impertiiieiioa of long established friendship, caught up the letter as it fell from Raymond's hands. "Well, I'd just liko to know what this means, you sly scamp !" Upon my word upon my honor,Char ley,' ejaculated the astonished young man, 'I uover saw tho faco beforo ! I oaunot imagino who sbo is, nor how tbo picturo came hero 1' (Not a word 1 but the direction is ccr tainly plain enough 'Captain Raymond May.Phihdolpbia.' 'Well, I car. only recommend you to MSBURG GENERAL ADVERTISER, OP TIIUTII AND WAVE IT O'Btt COUNTY, PENN'A,, wait patiently for timo to solvo tho ques tion," said Monroe, rising. "Corno, do look up for a moment from that entranc ing photograph, and givo a follow a little attention I want to know if you aro go to Mrs, Loaford's Saturday night?" 'Yo3 no I don't know. I bavD't taado up my mind,' 'All light i I'll oall for you at nino to a moment.' Away went Monroe, leaving Raymond j May still bending ovor tho countenance which seemed to enchant him liko a dream. Tho esotics in Mrs. Leaford's bay win dows were in full blossom end brightness ; tho fire, which ono or two days had ren dered far from disagrecablo even in April, glowed cheerfully in tho grato, and half a dozen young guosts matronized by their protly hostess and Mrs. Walter from Now York, were busy.somo vcadiu.somo ohatt ing, somu engaged in tho graceful myster ies of embroidery and crotchet. 'By the way, where is Virginia?" ask ed Mrs. Leal'ord, glancing around. 'She will bo down presently," answer ed her slater ; "sbo took her letters up stairs to road,' That vory instant Miss Lvnno'a light touch fell on tho door knob, and sho'oarao , into tho room, looking prettier than over, j in a white cashmere morning wrappor.ro j liovod by tbo flutter of bluo ribbons. "Lizzy," she said, coining to her sis i tor's side, "I havo had tho strangest ad- venture this morning !" "What do you moan ?' asked Mrs. Wal ter. "As I oponod ono of my letters,' she paid, laughing in a half pleased, half ptiz zlcd manner, "out. fell a photograph ! Of ' courso, I supposed it was one of those I had taken of myself just before I left New York.' "Well,'' ejaculated the eager cborous of listeners, "aud it was ' J-no protttosi uaov you ever saw r or claimed irginia, holding up tho pictured .,'... , " ,uuUm , "baby Hurry,' and her auditors pounced "oauy uarry, anu uer auuitors pounceu ... . . . exsiaiioaiiy uuou n, unur iuk vunoui iBiui- 7 .. . - , ,. , , , . . ntno adjectives of delight and admiration, b . . Saturday night arrived, most propi- a ' -,luu:lij') wuu a iviun uu uiun.tut , starlight, and Mrs. i.eaford'a spacious rooms were soon filled. Mr. Monroo and , nH.n:.. l. -..-.., .!,... I..i 1 iwiu wnv uviu -muuuh iuu idi, j.iivaia and made their way toward Mrs. Leaford as fikilfully as they could, through the e 1 : !-..i .1 . muss 01 L'rtuuuuu wuiuu av.uvou itruuuu, "Here ho is, Mrs. Leaford 1" ejaculated mmir'it;. -ia il iuliltlii uu luiiculli liiu imiv - , ,11 , lit II . t . . - 10 ouut'aut , uui, uu jeu uuuuvc, iuu iy rt . . . , e r tellow tma coueu up oa a soia lor an eve- uin-over hij books 1 If it hadn't been for u.v indefatigable efforts, von wouldn't havo soon him here to-uiaht." "fmsaro I'm vcrv much obliccd to v., .,!,! Mm. Lciaford.lauirhimr. "Cant. Mav. tho onlv amends vou can make for such an outrageous broach of discipline, is ., :., to nr,.M n, .rtt. nan to niv ,.nfl,t. Mic, T,, nun. let m, ' ti ... nnsij.ni) 1 Milnin ll IT r At. " - '-j j as me young omccr ouweu . . .uu extended tianu oi too iNfw- oru oeauiy.uo was half uneortain whether he was broad awake or wandering through tho mazes of , r i- ,1 lovely reality of that photograph, her jet- ... I...'- .nHAnit..,,l .nill, r,f.n-.j nml 1 1 n t M 'I el , ., , Pll e. beauty contrasted with a dress of the soft - etpink, with moss roses ot horbclt. If ho had boon in lovo beforo, his caso hopeless now desporato, irremediable 1 How quickly the next two weeks flew by 1 It was not until tho night betoro ho ailed that Captaiu Raymond May muster ed up courage to confess to Misa Lynno that hor similitude was in his poscssion for, of cnurso, that would necossarily in volves tho surrender of precious property. But ho felt that be must atlcangth tell her tho truth j and so, with a sinking heart he marched up the broad marble steps of Mrs. Leaford's mansion, and was shown into a pretty littlo room opening out of a fragrant conservatory. As he waited Miss Lynno s appearonoo, ho nervously turned over the pages of the giltod volumos that lay on the tablo. One was a photograph albuni.aud ho glanoed mechanically at tho various faces thoir contaiued.without loally seeing thorn, until suddenly tho rosy faoo of his own littlo Harry Minnie's child smiled up in his own 1 "Why, is it possible I I must bo mis takon." But a second glance convinced him that ho was not mistaken. It was Harry May, and nobody clso'sbaby. Suddonly a light footitop disturbed his rcvorio. "Hi-"- Jiynni. no id parnoliv ai THE DARKENED EAHTII." SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1865. soon as tho customtry greetings of the day wero exchanged, "I am in a state of very great perplexity. Will you solvo tho oai- gma for mo ?" ' "Certainly if I can," sjiid Virginia, oiusiiing, ami witu a sou, uncrtain iromor; at her heart ''How did this picture obtain a place in your album ?" The color subsided into ordinary pallor, as Virginia replied : "In rather a roman tic manner, Captain May. It was sent to mo, with no accompanying message, and i L haven t the least idea where it oamo from." "Ah! that furnishes a cluo to tho wholo mystory," said Captain May, placing up on the tablo tbo pioturo which had lain next to his heart for the last few days, and relating briefly bow it had fallen into his possssion. "15y some mistake at tho pho tographer's, my littlo Harry's picture had been sent to you, and your likeness to me. I am a widower, Miis Lynno, with ono child, as I suppose you havo hoard." ,l No," said Virginia, coloring, "I was not aware of it, bat " He looked earnestly into her faco,whcro tho tell-tale sriuisou was already begin ning to glow, and tbo soft oyes to become shallowed with timid, downc:t3t lashes; ho looked aud saw something that encouraged him to ask another question. 'Miss Iiynne Virginia may I keep the picture ?!' And she did not say "No." When Captain May sailod tho next day, it was with "something to forward to" on his return. "My dearest Virgiu'm,'' exelamcd her sister, "what have you beon doing ? Don't you know that Captain 't3 a widower 1" "Yes," said Virginia, valiantly; ''but that don't make any difference, I lovo him, aud that s enough." "And don't you know ho has a baby ? " Well and I lovo the baby, too, because H Raymond s." linii I" oni1 AT-a W,h. n.nl,t- K . you have overcome your horror of 'secon SO your uorrorof'seconu . "-."t f ""'ti" iniiUiY uwi,uuijwui 1 . , , , t tr carr that ho don ti ep quoting Mrs, May , , ; umller One.' ... , m,v. i.iuin,ii.ic',ij. 1 aiii time proved tlio correctness ol tier promises, for we don't know of any hap- nirr vnnnrr u'tfa limn ATec AT-t'? IVJiimlir b , Two ; audit is hard to say which sbo -3 bust, her husband or "Raby liar- J 1 re TJt'ftRTionlt- s,-T ltrt fnTtftr1ft,-.rtf, X -..J J KUV VWUlt-UVtaiV-Jl Systematic falsehood sus.ains the War t o( tI)ese gtacs u, wouderfl)1 s-uc - - rfw rtlicrnnrnnorirfilinn nnrnnts fn tia Innnli. """" iuS tho comlitioo of the conflict in perfect Uarmooy from all tho four winds of Ilea vcn' Aud tLu t,ick nPPars to answer its purposes perfectly, save only among thos , who constitute tho comparatively small cl:,ss of Independent thinkers. So bold ve the agents of tho system of govern m0nt b? fr:,uds bccOI" 10 thcir oonscmu- ne9s ol h:lvinS 'riSged' P"C opinion tl: at , !,.! ,1,., (T Ituuj uuvu UUt VU.Jf AUttilJI nun tliu tJlllijil . i.ii ... -rii..,l....ii.,-, i i tQ td, ug of tho dcaorlion of Qetieral M1,,n,ission nf ,,,,,, . , dy, the "return of their allegiance, a ter of a, "B ao ! the cavalry of tieueral Jjorrest. Undor theso circumstances it becomes expedient to examine tho condition of the contest as a question of actual fact . 1 ,, . , ... Mr. Blair's mission to Richmond was clearly a concession. The savage and uncompromising temper of the faction in power is not one from which men will ac cept concessions as acts of graco. The President and Seorctary of State, who spurnod tbo mission of Mr. Stephens last year, went to moot him a few days ago as an iuvitod guest, aud, in tho judgment o'f of all men who havo witnessed thotr feroc ity in tho hour of strength, did so under a oonsciousnofs of weakness. That yield ing to necessity is an official declaration that tho "rebellion" so far is it from beinp: crushed, is iu tho full bloom of vigoiours life. Recruiting is being urged forward by tho Administration from the St. Croix to tho Misshuippi. What for if tho rebellion bo really on its "fast legs 7" A con- ul,i.Uu uuuut tU uo uu.u.L-u too enormous extent of thrco hundred tlious - and men! Does not that ono fact prove iuooutostibly that the Confederacy holds very firmly to tho powors of belligerent existanco ? Tho rigid measures being ta ken for carrying out tho draft, tho Fovoro :.ibi.t .. amendments added to tho law ol tho caso in Congress, nnd the searching iuvestiga tion into tbo-former miscarriages of the mcasuro, all speak trumpet tongued ol u ol weakness. Aud the weakness thus ad auprcmo ucccssity which gives the lie di- milted is, bo it rcmcmburcd, oue whoso red to all the. ntatcmeute that lead us to dim u'ioui w of tli- moat cnt-rmous pro belicvo tho Confederacy other than roso-! lute aud powerful. Half a million of dollars havo been ap. , propriatc.il by Congress for tho construe- lion of earthwork around tho City' of Washington ! 11 torcign complications bo the suggesting cause of that mcasuro, can we suppose for an iustant that, in that ovent, "tho rebellion'.' 'is about to bo or evor will be "crushed !" II Coiifeduruto invasion bo tbo ground of tbo measure which haa provided for additional defen-' scs around Washington then clearly does j tbo Administration confess that tho Con- Iedcratc3 aro dtill powerful for even of fense. Fivo hundred millions of dollars County of New Uork is mortgaged to al havo just been appropriated for tho army, 1 most the full extcut of her powors of pay and yet wo are, in the faco of this irre-! ment, and Kings County has declared sistible ovideuco of tho contrary, inundat-, through her press that Bbe can bear no cd by a flood of falsehoods which seeks to . bear us on to the vory reverse of the eon olusiou that the South continues to wield with fiery resolution a tremendous power. Examine tho stato of the caso under'tbe light of our knowledgo of general fact in ' tbo Confederacy. Differences of opinion j exi Ud there until a few days ago on questions of detail j but in Congress and out of Congrcs theso nevor involved the subject of Confederate independence. On that question all wero in perfect accord. The points in issue in tho dissensions of the South havo, however, been all conced ed. General Loo is t'ommandor-in Chief, with full power to place on army under the command of Johnson. Slave culistmonts have been settled by a compromise. All parties express their readiness to flcctfpt that alternative when it shall have become a necessity of independence, and those who brought it forward havo actually carried it into effect in tho initial form of employ ing forty thousand slavc3 for sptcial duties in tho field. Harmony and confidence thus completely restored among them, the people of tho South approach tho opening of tho struggle in their characteristic elas ticity of spirit, hopeful to the verge of even enthusiasm. The employment of forty thousand slaves in certain military duties of tho rear,sends to tbo front a ro- enforcement of forty thou sand white soldiers. Thirty thousand of tho youth of tho South pass annually with in the age of eighteen, nnd in tho impati ence with which tboso have chatted to bound to the sides of their fathers or thtsir brothers, they may bo oountcd as a re cruiiinont of at lcatt twenty-five thousand, Kirby Smiths inaction, beyond the Miss iisippi.cxplains fully the reverses of Hood, aud tbo successful extrication of Shermans army from tho neocsity of bis abandon ment of Atlanta, The Traus-MissiBbippt troops of the Federal army rushsd to the rescue in TenncaeecJ while thoso of the Confederate army lay idle fivo hundred miles awiy. Tho erection of works of de fense at Grand Ecore and at Sherveport show that the vital points beyond thi Mis t-issippi aro about to bo bold by garrisons And ibereforo may wo expect to look in the campaign about to open in the Allan tic States for tho appearance of twenty-fivo or thirty thousand mou from the army of tho appellation of "The Beast" an ap Kiiby Smith. Wo can thus point to j pellation that will cling to him, like the special :ervices from which tho Confederate '; poisoned shirt of Nossits did to Ilcreulus. armies operating between the Savannah I In the fata (if this man wo leoog'uizc how and tho James, will receive, beyond all j great crimes prepare and inflict for thcra questicn, rc-cuforcements to tho extent of j selves Heaven's just revenges. Again we upward of ninety thousand men doublo see tbo handwriting on tho halls of tyran the number with which Lee hurled back iay nnd here the footsteps of tbo avenger. Hooker ut Ohancellorsville .' I Heaven defiant as his crimes have been, Tho Confederates declare the immensi ty of their military strcneth in a form which admita-of no misapprehension.' Their re-onlorcements not yet up, they seo lloscorans h lato army replacing Thomas's in Tennessee, Thomas's erniy re-enforoing Oraut in Virginia, Foster's honorable mou will full-iw him, poiutiog re-enforcing Sherman's in South Caroli- ""aril's Mow u'nmoving finger," at tbo na; and yet tboy look on without lowering ' wretch who owes his wealth to rapacity, ono noto of their defiance Their com- . alul pll0!:'e "iHitary earcor has boon mark mi3sioners, whilo systomntio falsehood ets that would have made Ilydcr here tells us to believe the Confederacy 'y hlusb. about to bo crushed on tho seaboard, pro-1 Whv is the devil a Gentleman ? Be- I nounco the statement a lie by a haughty I rcjsotion of any settlomont other than ono on tho basis of independence. The frauds under which tho pooplo of tho States are deliberately cheated of all elements of in ' tclligcnt opinion a to tho state of the con- ' quivooal cinphafiia iu thctr refusal to enlist. their tlnvcs until such time ns that sioii flco to independence shall havo ceased to , bo umifceisary. - 1 W hat grouud lor the clap-trap of tho hour can be found in tbo circumstances t.v.i. ...: i tho Federal belligerent I That three - hundred thousand men should havo been called for, is an uniuistakablo confession 1 X.-.fL TERMS : $2 50 'IN -ADVANCE., VOLUIVIftSB. portions. Up to tho close of Ujt vfur'fl campaign, all the original troops d tho federal armies returned homo. 01 tieso tho numbor who may havo been induced ' re-oulist, cannot have exceeded oca- tinra ot nil. An immense vacum must have been thus left in tho ranks, and that of n character which cannot bo fijlod by double tbo number in raw Icvijs. Voluu- tcering, as it is called, has beon duiVated in its aims by "bounty jumping," ntt'-nay frauds, and desertion. It hag now arriv cd at its limit financially. Without strengthening tho armies, it has twampd tho credit of tho municipalities. Tbo moro. The draft, then, is the only meaus remaining for making good tho astounding weakness confessed iu tbo call for throo hundred thousand men. Conscription has however, proved, under the law, as it is, practically hopelces, and, if tho law bo ohauged so as to embrace only men liable to eorvico, tho dislike of tho Blaok Repub licans to ugly pigments of lead will verr toon prove it to bo u dead lcttor. The tremendous fhortoomings declared official ly to exist in tfie strength of tho Fedora! armies, in comparison with that demanded for tho accomplishiiiout of the work beforo tkm, present, thoroforo, a praotical ques tion for whioh tiicro appears to bo no par tial solution. Tho finances of tbo Administration tot cr upon the vcrgn ot ruin. Foreign com plication! threaten Irom beyond the -seas. The army is calling out for re-iuforoo-ments that certainly will not come. The Confederates are united, confidont nnd de fiant. Their black reserves still untouched in the calm of their coufidonco, they aro about to incrcaio their ranks by enormous recruitments for tho greater part vctoran I Irnnra Ail.isr -sn .t.n.t II.. .7 r i.viiu.uuo un ouun hubs, uuuur circninstancos by which they are enabled to transfer an army in five or sis days Irom the defenses of tho James to tbo-e ,f Combahse, or v ce versa, one may well bu astounded at the effrontery which pretends that tboy enter on tho work before them under any othr conditions than thoao of tho highest promise of their suceeess. iV. J'. Daily Keicc Butler'a Epitaph. General Hutler, in his recent cpeecb Lowell, said : "Ho desired to have i inserted on bis tombstone, in that little inclosuro where bin remains would onr day be, "Ileic lies the General who t-vcd the lives of his soldiers at Big Bjthd and Fort Fisher." In view of the iniquities of bis lite, and tbo littlo sigoj of repeu taneo ho manifested, -we would suggest that a much moro appropriate epitaph would be Lie still if ju're wise , ou'll bo damiind if you rise. The base wickedness of this man eeems only surpassed by bis effrontery. After having run a career which, I'or the, brutal ity it has displayed, has earned for bim - lUu e,lu'31i ol retribution has at last reached him, and bis late willadd nna more to the list of names in the world's history "to point a moral." Ho may riot in his ill gotten wealth; but remorso will g'-iiw at bis heart, arid tho contempt of all eause the imp of darkness could not ba imp-o-lite. Why is a four quart measure liko it s-ide saddle ? Because it holds a gall-on. Why is a washerwoman liko grief I , HccnS0 Bho wr. moj,a b050mg( , . What was Pharoah's objeotion to Mo sea ? lie found him more plagua than prophet. of , ., w " goou uirtMiu g miiunii 'Ay usc--c broomstick. E Cr A good threshing mnuliiuu for fam- -very wife should have one, 'ttSr Love and a good dinner are paid to bp tho only two things which 'change n man s oliaraeter. What thj sun by trade ? A tauuer. tho individual '